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North American Gov't Offices that Won't Move to Linux?

Posted by Cliff on from the not-down-with-da-penguin dept.

eugene ts wong asks: "There have been a quite a few stories lately of governments cutting budgets and seriously examining the use of Linux in their offices. I'm getting the strong impression that the majority of government desktops will become Linux desktops. Is this true? As of right now, how many US state governments and Canadian provincial governments -do not- use Linux for their work stations? As of right now, how many -do not- intend on installing Linux? I think that knowing this is important so that we can direct our attention to the appropriate governments, in hopes of helping them to make the correct choice."

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  1. The CORRECT Choice... by seigniory · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Classic Slashdot... good times, good times.

    Linux is never ever EVER the correct choice for 100% of the people 100% of the time. Neither is any other OS / chip / RAM type / network protocol / pizza topping / illegal drug.

    I REALLY hope you meant to say "in hopes of helping them to make the correct choice about Linux and whether or not its a good fit for them."

  2. huh? by RaboKrabekian · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The correct choice? Correct choice for who? You or them? Why is Linux always the correct choice? I'm sure some government agencies would be perfectly well served using the systems they already have in place. I think they can also be trusted to decide what's "correct" for them.

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  3. Uh, yeah... by Otter · · Score: 3, Insightful
    There have been a quite a few stories lately of governments cutting budgets and seriously examining the use of Linux in their offices. I'm getting the strong impression that the majority of government desktops will become Linux desktops. Is this true?

    Reading Slashdot, I'm under the impression that Windows XP can't run 10 minutes without crashing, Macs explode if you plug in a 3 button mouse, the DMCA forbids backing up your data, John Ashcroft will put me in jail for watching foreign films and I just got first post.

    In fact, the most recent Halloween Document describes Microsoft's frustration at the inability of their PR machine to keep pace with the volume of nonsensical claims of enormous Linux deployments coming from the Open Source media. They didn't mention sites by name, but I have a good idea which Taco-riffic site and its stories about "Norway Switches to Linux!" they had in mind.

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